President George Manneh Weah has arrived in New York, the United States of America for the 78th edition of the United Nations General Assembly High Level Debate.
The President and entourage touched down via Air France at the John F. Kennedy International Airport ahead of the world leaders submit.
President George Weah on a campaign trail in central Liberia said Wednesday hae has done more to fight illicit drug in the country during his footballing years and now as President.
The President was responding to opposition criticism that his administration is responsible for the spread and use of narcotic sand other banned substances. In response, Weah said its elections propaganda.
How Rival Liberian Political Actors Poisoned
US Powerbrokers with Misinformation
The Oracle News Daily has seen a confidential document chronicling Liberian political actors’ effective utilization of misinformation to deceive influential state actors and powerbrokers in the United States government in an attempt to gain favor from Washington and sway the outcomes of the October 10 general elections.
The National Elections Commission (NEC) informs electoral stakeholders Tuesday that materials for the October 10, 2023 General Elections have started arriving in the country.
Ballot boxes as well as yellow and gray precinct kits have arrived into the NEC Central Warehouse.
The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency confirmed the testing of herbal plants packaged in natural form at the Roberts International Airport contain a presence of methamphetamine.
As part of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency's initial scientific investigation on samples of these natural plants, the examination results revealed the presence of illicit drug, which is contained under the United Nations table/listing for illegal narcotic drugs, the statement said.
The Criminal Court “A” Tuesday granted defense lawyers’ request to fly into country a foreign pathologist to conduct an independent autopsy on the remains a teenage girl who a former Supreme Court judge is accused of killing.
United Nations investigators point to people in the military, security forces, former rebel fighters and corrupt politicians in Liberia as partners in the trade of narcotic and other controlled substances. It shows drug trafficking reached its peak by 2010.
Foreign law enforcement agencies mention of Liberian security cooperation in counternarcotic operations is a façade, it said.
ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray, has approved the deployment of 15 Long-term Election Observers (LTOs) to monitor key stages in the electoral process leading up to the country’s general elections on 10th October 2023.
The deployment is consistent with provisions of Articles 12 to 14 of the 2001 ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance on assistance to Member States holding elections, the regional bloc said in a statement Monday.
More than a dozen political parties featuring presidential and legislative candidates in the scheduled October 10 general elections have reached deal to jointly monitor the casting, counting and tallying of votes.
Erstwhile ruling Unity Party and the Alternative National Congress are the big players in the opposition community leading the joint vote monitoring and observation collaboration barely a year after they failed to draw a common presidential ticket.
European Union Elections Observation Mission to Liberian has deployed about 20 long term observers in Liberia’s 15 counties ahead of the October 10 presidential and legislative elections.
These elections mark a significant milestone in the consolidation of Liberian democracy as such team will focus on the entire process, Jarek Domanski, the deputy chief observer of the EU Election Mission said Saturday in the capital Monrovia.
